Black Eagle Coach Feels Job Just Begun
South Charleston coach Maurice Miller in his first year leads the Black Eagles to a 20-1 season with 19 straight wins and a sectional title run. He emphasizes tough Region 4 competition and hopes to sustain the high‑scoring, rebounding style amid upcoming state tournaments.
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Tony) Miller
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South Charleston
Mt. Lions
Morris Harvey College
Huntington
Logan
St. Albans
Ronnie Kidd
Jim Hawkins
Sparky Kessinger
Bill Walton
Dave Booth
Frank Wohlford
Jim Mandeville
Messinger
Walton
Wohlford
Mandeville
Slab Fork Babe Ruth Meets At Sophia Tenite
The Slab Fork District Babe Ruth League will meet tonight at Sophia City Hall at 7 p.m. Jack Murdock, league president, urges all interested persons to attend for the election of officers.
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George Washington GWU basketball debut in 1907 season
George Washington University began basketball in 1907. The Colonials lost all nine games that year, marking a winless start to their early program.
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Ohio State Tops UPI major college basketball rankings
Ohio State remains No. 1 in the UPI poll with a 22-0 mark and 350 points. St Bonaventure falls to No. 2 after an 87-77 loss to Niagara. Cincinnati and Bradley switch spots. Kansas State and North Carolina rise, with Duke, Iowa, St John’s and USC rounding the top 10. West Virginia leads the second 10, followed by Utah, Louisville, Dayton, UCLA and others.
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Southern Cal
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North Carolina State
Kansas
DePaul
Indiana
St. Joseph's Pa
New River and Park Drug Face City League Clash
The National Guard will play New River Supply in a makeup game at the Beckley Recreation Building at 8 p.m. A win by New River would force a two way tie for first with Park Drug. a loss could crown Park Drug. Park Drug beat New River 61 59 in Sunday action. Y.M.C.A. beat L B Super Market 72 57. The City League playoffs start mid March with six other teams.
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Two Tracks Pay $1,000 Doubles at Bowie and Hialeah
United Press International reports two tracks paid $1,000 daily doubles at Bowie and Hialeah on Monday. A three year old filly combo earned $1,154 for the top Maryland finish, Sabine Artist paid $145.80 in race one, Spry paid $38.20 in race two, and Vince paid $10.90 at Hialeah. Cashiers required IDs for $600 plus winnings under a new IRS rule as parimutuel tickets totaled three $10, six $5 and 113 two dollar winners.
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Stoco Edges Shady In Overtime For Close Raleigh Clutch
Stoco Indians topple Shady Spring 65 63 in overtime at Coal City to cap the regular season. Glen O Neal led Shady with 29 points, Charles Wallace scored 17 for Stoco, as Stoco clinched its first Coal Field Conference win and finished 4-16 overall, 4-8 in the Raleigh County League while Shady ended 4-5 in league play and 4-16 overall.
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Lilly
Walter
Clear Fork Tops Shady Frosh 32-31
Clear Fork Junior High won 32-31 over Shady Spring Juniors in a close game. Doyal Stover’s late field goal sealed a one point victory as Clear Fork erased a six point deficit earlier, with a 9-5 third period and a 13-12 final period.
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WVU VMI Set To Meet Virginia Tech In Tourney Showdown
WVU VMI vs Virginia Tech highlight the 24th Southern Conference wrestling meet at Mountaineer Field House with Tech’s 117 lb champ Buddy Sanders and WVU 167 lb champ Paul Hoblitzell plus VMI 157 lb Bill Daniels as top contenders. Davidson and The Citadel also compete. first rounds Friday with finals Saturday.
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Mantle Leads Quietly As Power Hums In Florida
Mickey Mantle answered Ralph Houk by training early and hinting at leadership, then showed his power with two 400 plus foot homers in exhibition play in St Petersburg. Other camp notes cover Lew Burdette joining the Milwaukee Braves, Mike Fornieles with the Red Sox, Dave Nicholson’s head injury, Gene Baker knee trouble, and signings by Stan Musial and Billy Gardner among others.
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Turk Lown
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Tony Roi
Mount Hope Opens 13-AA Tourney With Travellers
Mount Hope meets Gauley Bridge in the 13-AA Section 12 tournament opener at Fayetteville Memorial Building. Mount Hope’s height edge and Stanton 15 ppg lead a 18-3 Mustang squad against Gauley Bridge backcourt stars Webb 18 ppg and Scarbro in a balanced Travellers attack. The winner faces Lookout in the semifinals Thursday. finals Friday.
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Cedar Grove tops Hurricane in WV high school action
West Virginia basketball results show Cedar Grove 85 Hurricane 57, Logan 67 Bluefield 53, Sioco 65 Shady Spring 63 in OT. Class AA Morgantown 75 Monongah 45. Farmington 59 Mannington 58. Guyan Valley 61 Ceredo Kenova 58. Hamlin 74 Samet EA Buffalo 57. Buffalo St. 54. Boston College 84 Tufts 74. Hofstra 94 Queens 60. Wagner 86 Adelphia 56. SOUTH Western Ky 84 Middle Tenn 73. Mississippi St. 62 Tulane 57. Vanderbilt 87 Georgia 7. Mississippi 48. Louisiana St. 46. Tennessee 77 Alabama 62. Kentucky 77 Auburn 51. Georgia Tech 52 Florida 50. MIDW EST K.City JC 77 Highl'd JC 51. Northwestern 60 Indiana 58. Iowa 73 Purdue 62. Xavier (Ohio) 86 Miami (Ohio) 81. SOUTHWEST Texas A&M 90 Baylor 69. Rice 95 Texas Tech 91. Oklahoma St 59. Iowa St 55. WEST Colorado 70 Missouri 67.
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Gauley Bridge Knocks Mr Hope From Tourney
Gauley Bridge Juniors toppled Mount Hope 49 39 to end the opening day in the Fayette County Junior High tourney at Kingston. Gauley Bridge also beat Fayetteville 54 31, with top scorers Bowen 16 and Rinehart 17 for Montgomery in a separate game. Meadow Bridge led Mount Hope at 19 by Harrah in the opener as Pax topped Lookout 59 21, Oak Hill beat Ansted 61 32, and Kingston lost to Montgomery 42 54.
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Beckley BRL Not Losing Sponsors Nor Warren Williams
A misprint in The Register claimed Beckley Babe Ruth League would lose sponsors Schiffs Thomp sons and Home Insurance. These sponsors belong to the Warren Williams League and have not indicated withdrawal this year. The sports staff apologizes and says the error will not happen again.
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Mountaineers Aim for Two New Southern Conference Records
West Virginia enters the 41st Southern Conference tournament in Richmond with a chance to set two marks the seventh straight conference title and a school best winning streak. The Mountaineers open Thursday at 9 30 p m versus VMI, with potential games against William and Mary or Furman and a Saturday final. The team has won 20 of 21, and senior Jim Ritchie anchors defense while Jim McCormick and Kenney Ward spark the offense.
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Poca Fuel Increases Lead In Mullens Cap
The Poca Fuel team widened its Mullens Handicap League lead to two games the week of February 22 by defeating Kroger twice as Island Creek and Helen faltered. Fred Niswander led Poca with a 191-536, aided by Clarence Reed 525 and Jim Meckey 484. Ken Hensley of Kroger posted a 202-505, but Kroger teammates slumped. Otsego knocked Helen from second to fourth by taking two games and tying one, with Paul Morgan leading Brule at 519 and Vernon Lambert and Russ Parsons above average. Appalachian moved to a second place tie with Island Creek by winning two of three from Island, aided by Glen Ferrell 222-547 and solid support from Chester Smith and Wilbur Sluss. Other scores included Island’s H. R. Davis 544 and Luther Reed 532.
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Jim Vaught
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Wilbur Sluss
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